Principal's Corner

April 6, 2020 to all families and staff
Hello OMS Parents and Guardians,
I hope this message finds you and your family doing well and staying healthy. I am writing today to share that we at OMS are missing everyone, but I have been impressed with the positivity and tenacity that your children have demonstrated these last few weeks. Also, I want to inform you of some important updates.
• After consulting with our Monroe County Health department, and other area schools, we have decided that this year’s 8th Grade American History Trip to Washington DC has been cancelled. We will be in touch soon with all eighth grade families with additional information about this. We understand that this is an unfortunate situation yet the health and welfare of our students and staff remain our number one priority.
• Quarter 3 will come to an end on Tuesday April 14. Students will be assessed on work that was assigned prior to our closure on March 13 and have been given the opportunity to complete any missing work without late penalty during the last few weeks. They will have until April 14 to turn in any assignments that are past due. Report cards for Quarter 3 will be available online on Infinite Campus on Thursday 4/23 and more information will be coming on how to access them. If you would like a mailed copy of your child’s report card, please let me know.
• Starting on Monday April 13, students will be exposed to new learning and content so it will be very important for them to stay connected. Teachers will be in contact regarding additional information and please refer to the letter from Mr. Fallon sent on Friday 4/3.
• Quarter 4 will begin on Wednesday April 15. Please check Infinite Campus as your child’s schedule will change for their Special Area Classes (Music, Art, Digital Learning Lab or Family and Consumer Science (FACS). The new teachers will be connecting with your child via Teams to introduce themselves and begin the new course.
• Please remind your child to continue to check their school email account and login into Microsoft Teams daily for updates and assignments.
• Beginning at the end of this week, parents and students will be receiving a Weekly Update Document from OMS. This document will list the assignments your child is responsible for in the upcoming week. The goal of this is to streamline communication and keep parents in the loop for what work students are expected to complete.
• If you are having issues with your child’s laptop please call the helpline at 637-1904 or 637-1906 from 8 am to 3:30 pm Monday – Friday. You can also visit our district webpage at http://bcs1.ss14.sharpschool.com/news/what_s_new/bcsd_covid-19 for all important communication and information.
Again, I hope that you are all staying healthy and I hope to see you very soon. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me via email at Jerrod.Roberts@bcs1.org or phone at 637-1860 if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Jerrod Roberts, Principal

February 28, 2020 to all families and staffClick Here for OMS Updates from our Administration Team.
Rebecca Tibbitts, Assistant Principal

January 21, 2020 to all families and staff
We would like to welcome and introduce our new Acting Assistant Principal, Andraya Cutaia. Please read the attached letter to find out more about her.

December 23, 2019 from Jerrod Roberts and Rebecca Tibbitts to all families and staff
Hello everyone. Click here for our December updates and important upcoming information about our school.

Have a great holiday recess.

Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Tibbitts

December 9, 2019 from Jerrod Roberts to all families and staffClick Here to see the first message from Jerrod Roberts, Acting Principal.

November 26, 2019 from Jerrod Roberts to all families
Good afternoon,

We wanted to share with you a very exciting video that was shared with our students in regards to our Schools to Watch Visit on Mon 12/2 and Tues 12/3. Please take a look using the link below and hear from a special guest from the Buffalo Bills!

If you would like to learn more about Schools to Watch, please visit our website link at STW page

We hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and enjoys time with family and friends!

Jerrod Roberts, Assistant Principal

November 14, 2019 from Melody Martinez-Davis to all families
Good Afternoon,

I hope that you and your family have been able to stay warm during the last couple of days with all the snow we have been getting. It’s too early for all this snow! We want to remind our families of our Parent-Teacher Conferences that will take place on November 21 and November 22. We still have times available on November 22. Please feel free to call our Counseling Office at (585) 637-1863 if you are interested in coming in. We would love to see as many parents/guardians as possible on both days.

Are you interested in being a guest speaker and share information about your career, business, and/or job with our students, and what pathway you took that led you to your job? Are you interested in sharing with our students your career story and what you currently do in your job? If so, please use the link below to provide us with your information and someone will be following up with you soon.

Furthermore, is your family interested in participating in our annual Family Fun Night (arts/crafts, court sports, minute to win it style games) in the Spring? Do you have a community business or resources you would like to highlight during our Family Fun Night? If so, please use the same link above to provide us with your feedback.

Our first school newsletter of the year will be out soon electronically. If you need or would like a paper copy of our newsletter, please contact our main office at (585) 637-1860.

Have a great rest of your week and great weekend,

Melody Martinez-Davis

Oliver Middle School Principal

November 5, 2019 from Rebecca Tibbitts to all familiesClick Here for OMS Updates from our administration Team.
Rebecca Tibbitts

October 17, 2019 from Melody Martinez-Davis to all familiesGood Afternoon,

Just a reminder to all our families that progress reports and updated grades can be found on Schoology and Campus Parent. Please take a few minutes to review with your child their progress thus far and review the academic goals they set in September. You can review your child’s progress any time on either digital platform. If you don’t have access to either of our digital platforms you can call our Counseling Office at (585) 637-1863, and a progress report can be mailed to you.

Report cards are mailed to all our families automatically after each marking period. Our first marking period comes to an end on November 6, 2019.

Information about our Parent-Teacher Conferences scheduled for November 21 and 22, 2019 will be mailed to all our families very soon.

As always, if we can be of assistance to you and your family, please don’t hesitate to contact us at (585) 637-1860, and we will direct you to the best person that can assist you.

September 16, 2019 from Melody Martinez-Davis
Today at OMS we held a Lock Down drill at 1:30 pm. The drill was completed after 10 minutes. These drills help us to review our procedures and help us to be ready in the case of an actual emergency. Thank you.

Melody Martinez-Davis, Principal

September 11, 2019 from Rebecca Tibbitts
The eighth grade Save Around the City coupon book fundraiser starts tomorrow, September 12. Eighth graders will be getting their materials in homebase and will be watching a brief informational video. The video will be put on Schoology and the school's website. Orders and payments are due Monday, September 23 to Mrs. Kenney in the AP Office. If your sixth or seventh grader is interested in participating in this fundraiser, please see Mrs. Kenney in the AP office for the materials.

The sixth and seventh grade Fundraiser- The Reserve Collection will be starting Thursday, October 3. Students will be receiving their materials in homebase and watching a quick video with the details of the fundraiser. The video will be posted to the website and Schoology as well. The orders and money are due Monday, October 21 to Mrs. Kenney. If your eighth grader would like to participate, they can see Mrs. Kenney in the AP office once the fundraiser begins.